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Perspective Lifters

Perspective Lifters is the title of the Beerhorst Family ArtPrize 2012 entry. I wrote a while back about the idea of seeing problems and frustrations as perspective lifters. When things don't go your way. rather than get mad, take a moment to consider the current trouble as a redirection towards something better. Every day something will go "wrong" that is just the way life is. What I am beginning to understand is that sometimes what seems like "going wrong" may actually be going right if I can gather a new working perspective to see my situation in a more positive light.

When you climb a ladder you are up high and things begin to look different. You can see farther. You can begin to get a fuller understanding of you present situation. This is what we need to do in our daily lives. Take a moment to climb the ladder and see what may really be going on. Think of it as going into your brains preferences and changing the setting.